pursue

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase: a fox that was pursued by hounds.
2. v. To strive to gain or accomplish: pursue lofty political goals.
3. v. To proceed along the course of; follow: a ship that pursued the southern course.
4. v. To carry further; advance: Let's not pursue this argument.
5. v. To be engaged in (a vocation or hobby, for example).
6. v. To court: a lady who was pursued by many suitors.
7. v. To continue to torment or afflict; haunt: was pursued by the demons of lust and greed.
8. v. To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase.
9. v. To carry on; continue.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To follow; proceed along; follow in action.
2. To follow with the view of overtaking; follow with haste; chase; hunt: as, to pursue a hare; to pursue a fleeing enemy.
3. To seek; seek to obtain: as, to pursue a remedy at law; to pursue pleasure.
4. To follow close upon; attend; be present with; accompany.
5. To follow vindictively or with enmity; persecute; treat with hostility; seek to injure.
6. To follow as a principle of action, profession, trade, or occupation; prosecute; practise systematically; carry on.
7. To follow up; continue; proceed with.
8. To endeavor; try.
9. Synonyms To track, hound.
10. To strive for.
11. To conduct, keep up, persist in.
12. To give chase; charge.
13. To seek; endeavor; try.
14. To go on; continue; proceed.
15. To sue; act as prosecutor; take legal steps as plaintiff or prosecutor.
16. n. Pursuit.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase.
2. v. To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain.
3. v. To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in
4. v. To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
5. v. To follow as an example; to imitate.
6. v. To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
7. v. To go in pursuit; to follow.
8. v. To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
9. v. (Law) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. follow in or as if in pursuit
2. v. carry further or advance
3. v. carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
4. v. go in search of or hunt for